TheBuck Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 ive been looking around and i cant seem to find any decent degrees on this but i know there is such a thing. does anyone know of any? if so do you need any formal musical qualifications and are there any in aberdeen/RGU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Do what I'm doing, 24-Week Course in Sound Engineering Incorporating City & Guilds 1820 Part 3. Cost about 350, distance learning course so nothing hands on, then written exam in London at end of year.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Scott Cameron is doing an engineering course in Glasgow (Pollock or greenock, I can't remember).Not sure if it's a degree lever course, might be HND.send C and emailget the addy from :http://www.lerenoamps.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Ascension Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 you'd probably need to look outside the Granite city for this though...I think Newcastle is the best place for the degree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pop-notmyface Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 there is a HNC Sound Engineering course at Aberdeen College, applications should now be accepted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 There's also SAE in glasgow, sort of near kinning parkhttp://www.sae.edu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 SAE Is a bit of a joke in the industry, I or any studio I work in would not touch any of their students for work. The only real way to do it, is to try get a spot in an actual Studio as an assistant/Tea boy, Then try gain as much experience as you can. it takes a long time to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Any studio assistant/tea boy/runner jobs going circa 20k? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Any studio assistant/tea boy/runner jobs going circa 20k? Only if you offer "Other Services" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Like waxing your scooby? Haha how bad does that sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Like waxing your scooby? Haha how bad does that sound? You could do that if you want Needs a wax at the mo:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Getting itchy is it? Oh wait...we're talking cars 20k.....and a thrash about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 SAE Is a bit of a joke in the industry' date=' I or any studio I work in would not touch any of their students for work. The only real way to do it, is to try get a spot in an actual Studio as an assistant/Tea boy, Then try gain as much experience as you can. it takes a long time to learn.[/quote']yeah, i can maybe appreciate that, certainly about the hands on experience. i spent a lot of time at SAE in glasgow as a visitor, cos my friend did one of the courses, around 2000-2002. they have some quite nice equipment, and one very nice live room. they do teach a lot of theory as well, i remember there being a lot of waveform theory and stuff.being in an actual real studio taught me a lot about tracking and mixing, and about producing tracks too. lots of techniques and experimentation that i'd never thought of or tried before. like dropping much of the gain on guitars for recording, adding a clean guitar lower down in the mix to fatten it up, beat detective for drummers, cutting out half the picking/plucking on a bass to let the drums give the rhythm to a bassline. most of it was stuff completely out of my hands and/or knowledge base. like getting an amazing drum sound, getting a thumpy but punchy bass sound (7ft 2x david eden cab stack + head helped!), programming synths etc.a lot of the things i have seen gave me experimental ideas and tangents of my own to follow that i have progressed with since being in the studio. we were lucky that our producer wanted to help us experiment with our sound, as opposed to recording a shit hot but essentially equivalent sounding version of the songs we came in with.the obvious engineering goal for me is to be able to A/B my tracks against studio produced tracks and have people not know the difference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Theres not much places to get good hands on experience around here mind you.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 i think there's definitely a space in the market place for some young guns to start a new studio. 2 or 3 of people in aberdeen i know thought about doing this a couple of years back. i've still yet to hear a really good drum sound come out of aberdeen, it's always what gives away local band stuff to my ears, and that's what i think would make a studio stand out from the crowd! maybe i'm just thinking rock market here. perhaps there's just not enough bands wanting to record in aberdeen to make it worthwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Its certainly my dream!...I think the market is deff there..as you say, local stuff all sounds "local" I think every band wants to record...but the price is what scares them off....its a fine line to get between owning the best studio with best equipment, and being able to charge peanuts whilst not giving out monkeys in return...If I knew anything about money i would own my own house, with an extension built on that was a rehearsal pad during the day while I'm at my dayjob, and my studio by night...with all proceeds paying the mortgage/loan for gear....No doubt some clever fucker out there will nick this idea.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 ive been looking to do somthing like this aswel, my careers adviser says perth is the place to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBuck Posted May 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 i might go for that course the dude in the first post mentioned, the 350 24 week one. yeah as long as it was like you could do it all at home that would be shit hot. mite have to go and sell my guitar tho. na fuck that ive only just bought it, even if it is being a bitch. its definately something to think about tho. i was more thinking of doing it as a joint honours, but i wouldnt care about it being a degree as long as i got practical hands on experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBuck Posted May 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 or i wonder if you could do evening classes at abdn college? i still have to do more highers so i can go to uni anyway, but fuck doing just a hnc/hnd by itself. tried a hnd already in law and its fuckin shite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 the tonmeister course in surrey is the only course that springs to mind as almost gauranteed to get you a damn nice job. Better have good grades though. Applied musicianmanship at strathclyde and electronics with music at glasgow (mine). SAE's alright (and have a nice studio) but there are a lot of sae graduates every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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